Flag protector



J. E. DAVIS FLAG PROTECTOR Oct. 18, 1927.

Filed May 4, 19 26 Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

JOHN E. Dim, or oiricINNAr-I oniol FLAG m r-Ems;

Application filed May 4,

An object of my invention isto provide a. flag protecting device to be associated with a flag pole, which will protect the flag from the elements while the flag is not being flown. I

Another object is to providea convenient receptacle for a flag, which will eliminate the daily attaching and detaching of the flag from the hoisting rope when the flag is raised or lowered.

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein, and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view showing a flag pole with my device attached thereto and enveloping a flag.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the device in an inoperative position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the device in an operative position, but w1th flag removed to more clearly show the operation thereof.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a plug used on the device. p

The device of my invention provides a means whereby a flag upon being lowered, has the maximum amount of protection with the elimination of the daily task of disconnecting the flag from the hoisting means, folding it, and carrying it toa place of safety, as is generally the custom.

A tube 5, provided with clamps 6 for attachment to a pole or staff 7, has secured to its upper end a truncated cone-shaped member 8. As shown in Fig. 1, a flag 10, when not in use, is drawn upwardly into this tube and cone-shaped member, and the door 11 is thereupon closed. The other end of the device is closed by means of a coneshaped plug 12, tapered to the same angle as the inside of member 8 and adapted to close the opening 9 at the top of the member 8. By this means, water or dirt is prevented from entering the device and soiling the flag. The plug 12 is provided at its ends with eyes 13 and 14 to which the opposite ends 15 and 16 of a rope 17 are secured, to form an endless rope which passes over a pulley 19. The top 18 of plug 12 is tapered toward the eye 13 to insure drainage of water therefrom. The closure means or door 11 is provided with a ventilator 20 and is hinged at 21 to the tube 5. It also carries a latch or locking means ofany desired con struction for example a hasp and staple ar- 1926. Serial No. 106,783.

rangement 22 and 23 on which a padlock may be used if desired. The hoisting rope is endless and enters the flag receptacle at its top end and leaves the device near the bottom end. For this purpose, an opening 24 is provided which will receive the rope 17 when the door 11 is closed. The hooks or clasps 25 and 26 are positioned substantially as shown in Fig. 3, and it is readily evident that the length of the flag receptacle is determined by the length of the diagonals of a flag, and that the flag and hooks or clasps 25 and 26are in an inverted order when the flag is inside the tube. It is also noted that when the flag is in position in the tube, the largest mass of cloth is found near clasp 25 (Fig. 3). This mass determines the diameter of the tube 5.

' Assuming that the flag shown in Fig. 1 is to be hoisted, the door 11 is opened and that portion of rope 17 which enters the opening 24 is pulled downwardly. The flag thereupon is pulled from the device, and further pulling in, the same direction hoists the flag to the top of the staff as shown in Fig. 2. The spool 250 on the flag staff is then used to keep the flag in position. Reversing the operation lowers the flag and pulls it into the receptacle, after which the door 11 is closed and locked if desired.

Dotted lines 10 and 12 show a flag and the ing at its top end and a relatively larger opening at its .bottom end, the hoisting rope beingadapted to pass through the openings in the casing, a closure means carried by the rope and adapted to seal the restricted opening in the casing, and a flag carried by the rope.

2. In a device of the class described the combination with a flag pole and a hoisting rope supported by said pole, of a hollow member comprising a tubular portion and a hollow conical portion, the conical portion being truncated near its free end to provide an opening through which one downwardly extending portion of the hoisting rope may pass, a plug secured to said rope and adapted to close the above mentioned opening, clasps flag, closure means for the open end of the the cable adapted to enter the way in the hollow member ,and means for securing the casing and to close the restricted end of 10 hollow member to a flag pole. the way. g

3. The combination of a flag, a cable for In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 5 the flag, and movable longitudinally of itsubscribed my name this first day of May,

self, a housing for the flag, the housing hav- 1926. ing a Way through it, the Way being re- 7 striated at one end, and a plug carriedby JOHN E. DAVIS. 

